Technically, this isn't Christian music news, but since the Harvest Crusades have utilized CCM and rock music over the years to reach thousands of people across the country with the gospel, I thought you might want to hear this.
Christopher Laurie, 33, son of Pastor Greg Laurie and Cathe Laurie of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California, died Thursday morning in a car accident. He served as the art director at Harvest Christian Fellowship for the past three years.
According to a story in the LATimes.com, Laurie was "was driving alone 'at a high rate of speed' in the carpool lane of the eastbound Riverside Freeway in Corona when his station wagon collided with a California Department of Transportation tractor, the California Highway Patrol said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. No other vehicles were involved and no one else was injured, authorities said."
Laurie is survived by his wife, Brittany, and daughter, Stella, as well as his brother Jonathan. Christopher and his wife are expecting another daughter in November.
In lieu of flowers, Harvest Christian Fellowship has established the Christopher Laurie Memorial Fund in memory of our friend, co-worker, family member, and brother in Christ. Proceeds from the fund will go to Brittany Laurie, Stella Laurie, and the soon-to-be daughter in order to assist them financially.
Condolences to the family can be made by visiting the online blog. Donations can be made by visiting the church website.
For more information, visit the Harvest Christian Fellowship website.
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There a couple of outstanding questions:
NAME ONE VERSE OF SCRIPTURE, to justify the use of music for evangelizing?
THE FOLOWING IS INTERESTING: It has been said that the [Greg Laurie] message saves; and the message that saves is the gospel.
Sorry this is very wrong:
The gospel without grace is accursed (Gal. 1:6).
We are NOT saved by the gospel of Jesus Christ;
we are saved by GRACE (Eph. 2:8).
Can ANYONE here tell us what the grace of God that saves us IS?
from Philip and Zianna
for Philip and Zianna - For by grace you have been saved through FAITH - and that faith is not of your own - It is a gift of God NOT OF WORKS (decisional regeneration) lest any man should boast. God alone saves through the true gospel.
Hi LINDA;
Thanks for your comment:
for Philip and Zianna - For by grace you have been saved through FAITH - and that faith is not of your own - It is a gift of God NOT OF WORKS (decisional regeneration) lest any man should boast. God alone saves through the true gospel.
I might add: The Apostle Paul explained the need for conversion from our faith (Ro. 1:8); to the faith (Rom. 1:5); Which he called coming from (our) faith to (Christ’s) faith, so that we could live BY faith (Rom. 1:17). Without which we cannot be in the common faith (Rom. 1:12).
Notwithstanding Paul could be thankful for all of those who are in their own faith, because he might have the opportunity to minister unto them the faith (Rom. 1:8-13). We don’t need to be ignorant of this testimony, for the establishing of believers into the faith (Rom. 1:11-12). Which as you have said is not, and was not of themselves, but BY grace, so that there would not, could not be any boasting.
The only thing that I’d advise you to work out is “the gift is faith” thing.
If the gift is faith, then why does Paul add, we are His workmanship? (Eph. 2:8 & 10). I believe that Paul is led to say this because the gift is God @work to create us in Christ Jesus, which we have faith in because of grace. The reason that I know that this is so is because of another Scripture: Eph. 3:7, which states that the gift of the grace of God that is given unto us is to be by the effective work of His power.
All of this is so those of music and song, might become those of the word of God, who celebrate what God can do because of speaking the song of grace (Eph. 5:19; Col. 3:16).
I’d be interested in hearing any comments on Eph. 5:19 and Col. 3:16. Such as how do we hear the singing from the heart? And why is the melody to be in the heart, rather than out in the open?
Blessings in His leading.
Not sure if anyone has realized this yet, but God has a specific end date for all of us. Whether or not Chris Laurie was driving safely has nothing to do with it. It was just his time to go be with the Lord.
Isn't the book of Psalms almost completely dedicated to using music to worship? David was often seen dancing and singing. Also, I'm not sure how you would prove that any of these people who died actually put music before the word of God, especially because many of them draw from the word of God for musical inspiration. Just because they write songs doesn't mean they don't study the Bible. Regardless, everyone was made in his own unique fashion by God Himself and each has his own unique way of worship, given him by God as a gift. To say that worship through music is not proper goes against Biblical teaching. Remember, "sing a new song?"
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